The funeral of four members of the Afzaal family, who were killed in a truck attack last week in Canada, was used to send a message as those who are attending the ceremony were urged to wear green coloured ribbons, which signify the denouncement of Islamophobia. Some will also be wearing a mauve coloured ribbon, which was reportedly the favourite colour of Yumna, a teenager who was killed in the attack.

Four people of the same family were killed in the attack, which according to authorities was an intentional act. Salman Afzaal his wife Madiha, their 15-year-old daughter Yumna and Salman’s mother Talat were killed in the incident. A 9-year-old boy was also severely injured in the attack but is recovering, reported AFP.

The family was reportedly out for a walk when a black pickup truck drove over them on Sunday.

On Saturday, hundreds of people filled a large parking lot and a football field next to the London Islamic center, where a private ceremony was held, to join in a public remembrance around the family’s four caskets, each covered with a Canadian flag.

“The very fact that their coffins are draped in the beautiful Canadian flag is a testimony of the fact that the entire Canadian nation stands with them,” Pakistan’s ambassador to Canada, Raza Bashir Tarar, told the crowd.

The public ceremony, with brief remarks and prayers, was broadcast live on major Canadian networks.

“We are not alone in our grief,” one family member said, adding that messages of condolence and consolation had helped on the long path to healing.

The funeral cortege then headed to a cemetery — as people lined the route in a show of solidarity.

Many people wore either green ribbons, in support of the Muslim community, or mauve ones, Yumna’s favorite color.

The attack has badly shaken the Muslim community and other Canadians as well.

Numerous vigils and solemn commemorations have taken place across Canada in recent days.

On Friday, several thousand people joined in an ecumenical walk through the streets of London, which is home to some 30,000 Muslims. Many bore posters reading “We are all human” or “Hate kills.”

People also paid homage Friday in Quebec City, where a January 2017 mosque shooting claimed six lives.

The latest attack has fueled debate about the prevalence of Islamophobia in Canada and, within the Muslim community, heightened fears that outward signs of religious affiliation can make a person a target.

In an interview with the CBC network, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said the attack had shocked people across Pakistan.

He called on the international community to take action against “hate websites which create hatred amongst human beings.”

“Some international leaders, or leaders in the Western countries, actually don’t understand this phenomenon,” he added. CBC is airing the interview Sunday, but released excerpts early.

Twenty-year-old Nathaniel Veltman, who has no criminal record and no known link to any extremist group, has been charged in the attack with four counts of first-degree murder and one of attempted murder.

Police, who say the attack was planned and motivated by hatred, have not ruled out adding terrorism-related charges.

Trudeau has promised to step up the fight against extremist groups.

Following the attack, Canadian deputies adopted a nonbinding resolution, introduced by the left-leaning New Democratic Party, calling for a national summit on Islamophobia this summer — as many Canadian Muslim organizations have demanded.